Corset clasp



June 19, 1923.

w. wElNsTEIN CORSET CLASP Filed Oct. 4, 1922 Patented .lune i9, i923.

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WILLIAM WEINSTELN,

MALSIN, 0E NEW Yoeri, N. Y., AND ONE-HALE fro NEW YoEK, N. fr., acoEroEe'rroN or NEW YOEK.

OF NEWT YORK, N.

nssIeNoE 0E ONE-Hann 'ro ALBERT 'ErfrE Foam CORSET Co., INC., oE

CORSET CLASP.

Application filed October 4, 1922. Serial No. 592,342.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WHLLTAM VVEINSTEIN, aresident ot New York city, citizen of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful lmprovements in Corset Glasps, oi which thefollowing is a specication.

My invention relates more particularly to what are known in thel tradeas corsetsteels provided with fastening devices which may besimultaneously and instantaneously released or disengaged by theoperator, permitting quick removal from the body ol" the wearerof thecorset equipped with such steels l The object, in general, of theinvention is to provide an improved construction, and, in particular, toimprove Ythe 'device disclosed in United. States Letters-Patent No.1,272,831, granted July 16, 1918, to `Albert Malsin, by'devising adevice which is more practical and economical, [from a manufacturingstandpoint, than said Malsinpatented construction, and which possessesother ac vantages over said Malsin'device, as will appear more fullyhereinafter.

The accompanying drawing exemplifies the invention, and 'forms part ofthis speci- .ticatiom like reference numerals designating correspondingparts throughout the several views.l which may be briefly described asfollows:

Figure construeti devices being shown position;` Figure 2 is afragmentary longitudinal sectional view, on'the plane ot the sectionline 2 2, Fig. l, looking in thev direction of th` :arrowsindicatedthereon;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view, in rearl elevation, oi: the pair` ofsuperposed steels;

Figure 4 is a detached, detail view, in perspective, of one of thekeepers; and 'i Figure 5 is a detached, 'detail view, in perspective',ot one of the fastening devices.

Referring. now, in detail to the drawing:

While the description of my invention refers more yparticularly tofastening devices for the opposite or meeting edges of a'corset front.the invention isnot restrictedto this single application, as it may beapplied to other articles of wearing apparel. Fasteners of this generaltype 'comprise a steel or l. is a view in Jiront elevation ot the on ofmy invention. the 'fastening in closed vor engaged metallic strip, onone edge of the corset, having pins for engaging eye members carried bya steel on the adjoining edge of the corset, the pins beingy inserted inall of the eyes of the series so that the meeting edges of the corsetmay be brought together neatly and effectively from top 'to bottom. Theprocedure of causing vthe, series of pins to engage the eyes is oneattended with considerable difficulty, especially it a corset is tightlylaced, andthe disengagement Aoi" the same is equally laborious andtroublesome. I have accordingly devised an improved construction,whereby the'several eyes of the series may be simultaneously opened andthus the engaging pins on the other side or edge of the corset yquicklyreleased instantaneously by one single simple movement, by

.the hand oi' the operator, of the steel carryine' the keepers for saideyes.

rlChe two superposed steels or metallic strips are designated'by thereference numerals 1 and 2. Each of these strips is flat throughout itslength; and the strips l or steels may be of equal length,` or otslightly diiiering lengths, as may be desired, and they are, inpractice. carried by the corset structure` along one edge thereof, theattachment being made in any appropriate manner. 1

At intervals` which may be of greater or less length', the steel lcarries eye members 3, which are flat'steel pieces projecting at rightangles` beyond' one of the longitudinal edges oi" the strip l. The eyemembersv are suitably secured to the steel l, near onelongitudin'al edgethereof, preferably by riveting. One rivet, or more than' one-rivet, maybe used; in this instance, I have shown two rivets 4, 4 for each eyemember, the, ends of the rivets being upset. forming the heads 5. Eacheye member 3 is provided with two lateral holes 6, 6 for the passage ofthe rivets therethrough. Each eye member 3 is provided with a centraleye'? and a slot 8 leading Jfrom said eye to the free end of the member,the slot being' of 'less'width than the diameter of the eye, so as toform a relatively narrow passageway. By reason oi. the slot 8 in the eyemember, two legs 9, 9 are formed. 'The free end of the 'leg 9 is bent,to provideahook-terminal '10. The leg 9 is also bent or doubled uponitself, as

shown at 11, and this turned over flap is spaced from the leg for aportion of its length to provide an opening or socket 12, said turnedover part or flap being bent down toward' the leg 9', as shown at 13,and thence the flap bears flatly against the eye member 3, thiscontacting portion of the flap being identilied by the reference numeral14. This extension of the turned-over flap, to provide the lateralportion 14 which bears flatly against the eye member 3, is eX-ceed'ingly advantageous, since it presents a very strong construction.The portion 111 of the turned-over flap is cut away along Vthelongitudinal edge thereof contiguous to the wall of the eye 7, as shownat 15, so as not to obstruct the eye.

The steel 1 is also provided, at intervals along its length and near onelongitudinal Vedge thereof, Awith slots 16, which, in number, are equalto vthe number of eye members 3. The slots are disposed adjacent theriveted ends of the eye-members.

The slidable steel 2 is provided with an opening-'17, for the receptionof the hingekuuckle 18 of a catch member 19, which is a strip of metal,preferably bowed, and carrying a snap button 2O that is adapted to passthrough registering openings 21, 22 in the steels 1 and 2, respectively,and into the socket member 23, in which is a retaining spring 211, theAsocket-member 23 being carried by the steel 2. By the catch means justdescribed, the steel 2fis held in a predetermined position relative tothe steel 1, against accidental displacement. The free end of thecatch-strip 19 is bent to provide a terminal 25 which is inclined awayfrom the steel 1, when the catch is in locking position, as 'shown inFigs. 1 and 2. Preferably, the end of the bent portion 25 is providedwith an aperture 26.

The steel 2 is provided, adjacent one longitudinal edge thereof, and atintervals throughout'the length thereof, with slots 27, which are, i'nnumber, equal to the slots 16 inthe steel 1,. into these slots 27 pro--ject the upset ends or heads 5 of the rivets 4; which secure theeye-members 3 to the "steel"1. the provision of these slots 27,

which `receive the' upset ends 5 of the rivets 4, thesteels 1 and 2lit'flatly against each other.

(lo-operating with veach eye-member 3 is a 'keeper or latch-member 28,secured near one longitudinal edgeof the steel 2 by meansA of' rivets 29passing through apertures 30 in `abasal flange 31 of said latch member."The flange 31 is carried laterally f by 'the 'latch-member or keeper 28,and is f disposed onthefsteel 2 longitudinally thereof. The latchmember28 is crimped ori bent adjacent `the flange31, as shown at 32,

and is bent at its free extremity to providev ya latching linger 33,which, as shown in Fig. 3 (illustrating the position of the parts whenthe steel 2 has been moved to Ithe limit of its unlatching movement). isreceived in the hook portion 10 of the eye-member 3.

When the steel 2 has been moved to the limit of its latching movement(which is the position thereof shown in Figs. 1 and 2), the fingers 33move into the sockets 12 of the eyemembers 3, as shown in Fig. 1, thusbarring exit of the pins 34: through the slots 9 in said eye-members.

The rivets 29 project into'the slots 16 of the steel 1, as shown inFig. 1. Each latch member or keeper 28 is preferably secured to thesteel 2 by two rivets 29; and one of said rivets, of each pair ofrivets, pro vided with a head 30 which overlaps the side walls of theslot 16, so that this headed rivet serves the dual function of securingthe latch member 28 to the steel 2 and of securing the two steels 1 and2 against separation, and guiding said steel 2 in .its longitudinalmovement. Also, two of said rivets 29, provided with the heads 30', mayand preferably do. serve a third function, that of limitingthe'movement, in both directions, of the steel 2. In Fig. 1, it will benoted that the lowermost of said headed. rivets limits movement of thesteel 2 in the direction of the latching movement thereof. and theuppermost headed rivet limits movement of said steel to unlatchingposition thereof.l

The steel 35, which carries the pins 34, is of conventional form, and issecured to the edge of the corset opposite the edge to lwhich the steels1 and 2 are attached. This steel 35 is provided at intervals throughoutits length with the headed pins 34 disposed opposite the eye-members 3carried Aby the steel TI. lt will bc understood that the heads of thepins 341 will readily passl through the eyes 7 of the eye-members 3, butthe Idiameter of said heads is larger than the width of the slots 9communicating with said eyes 7, so that, when the heads pass through theeyes 7, the shaulrs of the lpins 34 may enter the slots 9, the heads of'said pins overlapping and bearing uponthe upper surface of theeye-members 3, adjacent said slots.

In operatioinA when it is desired toplace 'upon the wearers vbody corsetequipped with the steels of my invention. the steels 1 and 2 are in theposition shown inF-ig. 1,

i. e., with the latching-lingers 33 in operative position to bar egressthrough .the slots 9gof-`the eye-members 3. The edge of the corsetcarrying the steelv35 (which is provided with the headed pins 34) isbrought close tothe other edge carryingthe steels 1 and 2, and theheaded pins 34 projected through the eyes .7 ofl the eyeimembers 3;whereupon. the natural expansion 'of the corset under `the pressure ofthe wearers body and due to the effect of the lacing, causes the shanksof said headed pins to slide into the outer ends of the slots 9y of saideyeinembers 3,' against the keeper-fingers as shown in Fig. l. When itis desired to remove the corset from the body of the wearer, all that itis necessary for the Woman to do is to pull upward on the catch-stripi9, thus pulling the snap-button 20 out of its socket, and, then, usingthe bent terminal Q5 of the catch-strip as a handlepull upward quickly,which will cause the steel 2 to slide longitudinally on the steel l,withdrawing fthe keeper-lingers from their' position across the slots 9(as shown in Fig. 3) The tWo edges of the corset are then 4free toseparate, the shanks of the headed pins 34 sliding out of the new openor unbarred end of the slots 9 of the eye-members 3.

As heretofore pointed out, certain structural -parts of'my device havebeen designed with a view to serving, each, several functions, oraccomplishing several results.

lVhile the dr Wings disclose an assemblage of structural parts vbestadapted to meet the objects which I have in 'view in my invcntioinyet Irecognize that thereare possible deviations .from the preciseconstruction illustrated, which may not sacrifice any advantagesattained by the exemplary structure, and the scope of my inventionnecessarily comprehends any changes which come Within the terms of theappended claims, as ivell as any and all mechanical equivalents for theparts enumerated or referred to in said claims.

Having thus fully described my invention and the advantages thereofbeing apparent to those skilled in the art to which it pertains, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

l. In a corset-clasp device, the combination of two superposed stripsadapted vfor use with the usual stud-carrying steel, one of said stripsbeing slidable longitudinally of the other, the relatively stationarystrip being provided With eye-members and the relatively movable stripwith keepers co-operating with said eye-members; and common means forsecuring said keepers to said relatively movable strip and for securingsaid strips against separation and for guiding said relatively movablestrip in its longitudinal movement.

2. In a corset-clasp device, the combination of tivo superposed stripsadapted for use with the usual .stud-carrying steel, one of said stripsbeing slidable longitudinally of the other, the relativelystationarystrip being provided with eye-members and the relativelymovable strip with ,keepers co-operating with said eye-members; andcommon means. comprising rivets, for securing said keepers to saidrelatively movable strip and for securing said strips against separationand for guiding said relatively movable strip in its longitudinalmovement.

3..In a corset-clasp device, the combinationrof twosuperposed stripsadapted for use with `the usual stud-carrying steel, one of saidstripsbeing slidable `longitudinally of the other, the relativelystationary'strip being providedwith slots and with eye members, and therelatively movable strip with keepers co-operating with ksaideye-meinbers; and common means, comprising rivets passing through saidslots, for securing said keepers to said relatively movablestr-ipfandfor securing said strips against separation and for guiding saidrelatively movable strip in its longitudinal movement.

Il. In a corset-clasp device,the combination of tvvo superposed stripsadapted for use with the usual stud-carrying steel, one of said stripsbeing slidable longitudinally of the othergthe relatively stationarystrip being provided With eye-members and the relatively movable stripwith keepers (zo-operating With said eye-members; each of saideyemembersbeing provided with an ,eye and with va slot leading vfrom said eyeto.the end of said eye-member, the ends of said slotted portionof theeye-member ,opposite the eye-end thereof being bent over for engagementby said keepers; and common means for securing said keepers tofsaidrelatively movable strip and for securing said strips against separationand for guiding said relatively movable strip in its longitudinalmovement.

5. In a corset-clasp device, the combination of two superposed stripsadapted for use with the usual stud-carrying steel, one ot' said stripsbeing slidable longitudinally of the other, the relatively stationarystrip being provided with eye-members and the rela-v tively movablestrip vvith keepers co-operating 'with said eye-members; each of saideyemembers being provided With an eye, and being slotted from one endthereof to said eye, so that the eye-member is bifurcated, one ofsaidfurcations, at itsfree end, being bent over to form a hook and theother furcation being bent over upon itself to form a socket with closedsides.

6. In a corset-clasp device, the combination of vtivo superposed stripsadapted for use With the usual stud-carrying steel, one of said stripsbeing slidable longitudinally of the other, the relatively stationarystrip being provided. with eye-members and the relatively movable stripvvith keepers co-operating with said eye-members; each of saideyemembers being provided vvith an eye, and being slotted from one'endthereof to said eye, so that the eye-member is bifurcated, one of saidfurcations. at its freeend, being bent over to form a hook and the otherfur-l tioned bent-over portion lying flatly, toward the end thereof,against the corresponding ureation. n v

7. In a eorset-elasp-device, the combination of two superposed stripsadapted for use With the usual stud-carrying steel, one of saidstripsbein'g slidable longitudinally of the other, the relativelystationary strip being provided with slots and with eyemembers, and therelatively movable strip with keepers oo-operating With said eyemembers;and common means, passing through said relatively movable strip andthrough the slots in said stationary strip,

for securing` said keepers to said relatively movable stripand forsecuring' said strips against separation and for guiding said movablestrip in itslongitudinal movement.

8. In a corset-Clasp device, the combination of tvvo superposed stripsadapted for use With the usual stud-carrying steel, one of said stripsbeing slidable longitudinally of the other, the stationary strip beingprovided With slots and: with eye-members, and the relativelymovablestrip with keepers oooperating With said eye-members, and oommon means,comprising headed rivets passing through said movable strip and throughr the slots in said stationary strip, for securing said keepers tovsaidmovable stripA and for securing said strips against separation and forguiding said movable strip in its longitudinal movement.

9. In a corset-clasp device, the combination of tWo superposed stripsadapted for use with the usual stud-Carrying steel, one of said stripsbeing slidable longitudinally of the other, the stationary strip beingprovided With slots and, with eye-members, and the relativelymovablestrip With slots and With keepers co-operating with saidyeyemembers, rivets passing through said eyemembers and through saidstationary strip yand projecting into the slots in said movable strip,and common means, comprising headed rivets passing through said keepersvand said movable strip and through the slots in said stationary strip,for securing said keepers to said movable strip and for securing saidstrips against separation and for guiding said movable strip in itslongitudinal movement.

` In testimony whereof I hereunto alix my signature.

IILLIAM WEINSTEIN

